What makes a landscape contemplative?

Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 7-25

  Olszewska, Agnieszka A ^a   Marques, Paulo F ^a   Ryan, Robert L ^b   Barbosa, Fernando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Contemplative landscapes; design methods; environmental impact; environmental psychology; gardens; landscape architecture; parks; perception; spatial analysis; urban design

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURE; DESIGN METHOD; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES; GARDEN; LANDSCAPE; PERCEPTION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; URBAN DESIGN;

EID: 85040323267     PISSN: 23998083     EISSN: 23998091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0265813516660716     Document Type: Article

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